¹⁰ Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;^(A)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,^(B)
    for God is with us.^[a](C)

³⁷ Who can speak and have it happen
    if the Lord has not decreed it?^(A)

¹² He thwarts the plans^(A) of the crafty,
    so that their hands achieve no success.^(B)

³⁰ There is no wisdom,^(A) no insight, no plan
    that can succeed against the Lord.^(B)

“‘It will not take place,
    it will not happen,^(D)

¹¹ The Lord Almighty is with us;
    the God of Jacob^(A) is our fortress.^(B)

¹⁰ The Lord foils^(A) the plans^(B) of the nations;^(C)
    he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
¹¹ But the plans of the Lord stand firm^(D) forever,
    the purposes^(E) of his heart through all generations.